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From: Sbob <[email protected]>
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:02:57 -0600
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

correction, the quote_ident below should be quote_literal

I did not try quote_ident




On 4/15/22 12:01, Sbob wrote:
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> Hi all;
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>
> I have a table that includes a varchar column.
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> I am inserting some data and one of the strings = "Poker 5 card Hold'Em"
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> as a straight string it errors out.
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>
> I tried this :  quote_ident ( 'Poker 5 card Hold'Em')
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> but it still error's out
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>
> I also tried : quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\'Em')
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> but it also errors out:
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> psql:test.sql:1042: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "Em"
> LINE 1: ...ed) VALUES ( quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\\'Em'), 2, 1...
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>
> Thanks in advance
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>
>

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